Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! - Redhat

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Intel 915GEVLK, processor is Intel P4 3.0 ghz. Hard drives are SATA,
however, I am not using the controller on the motherboard. I am using
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Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I am trying to install Fedora Core 4 on a brand new system. M/B is
Intel 915GEVLK, processor is Intel P4 3.0 ghz. Hard drives are SATA,
however, I am not using the controller on the motherboard. I am using
a 3ware 8506 RAID 0/1/5/10/JBOD card with 2 WD 80 GB SATA drives setup
for RAID 1.

Linux install will boot, and give me the 'boot' prompt. I hit enter,
and it begins the install process. Once the vmlinuz... and the next
line has completed (don't remember exactly what it says on this line),
the screen goes blank, then the message that linux is decompressing to
the RAM drive flashes for an instant, then the kernel panics.

If some descriptions aren't totally acurate, I apologize. I am not new
to Linux by any means, but then I am not a total expert, having to
divide my time at work between running my *cough* Windows network, and
my (unfortunately) 2 Linux servers. Also, I have shut the machines
down for the night, and am giving up on this for tonight. I'll look
some more in the morning.

Thanks in advance for any help or hints provided. Please post to the
group. Thanks!

James W. Lytle
IS Director

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

Additional info:
The second line after the vmlinuz that I couldn't remember is the
initrd. It appears to make it all the way through both of these.

Also, Mandrake 10.1 loads perfectly. Problem is, there is some
software that I need to run that has a requirement of Redhat. Haven't
gotten the software yet, so don't know if it will run under other
distro's. Don't see why not, but then again, there may be something
funny about it that checks to see if the distro is Redhat.

Thanks!!

n3tctrl wrote:
> I am trying to install Fedora Core 4 on a brand new system. M/B is
> Intel 915GEVLK, processor is Intel P4 3.0 ghz. Hard drives are SATA,
> however, I am not using the controller on the motherboard. I am using
> a 3ware 8506 RAID 0/1/5/10/JBOD card with 2 WD 80 GB SATA drives setup
> for RAID 1.
>
> Linux install will boot, and give me the 'boot' prompt. I hit enter,
> and it begins the install process. Once the vmlinuz... and the next
> line has completed (don't remember exactly what it says on this line),
> the screen goes blank, then the message that linux is decompressing to
> the RAM drive flashes for an instant, then the kernel panics.
>
> If some descriptions aren't totally acurate, I apologize. I am not new
> to Linux by any means, but then I am not a total expert, having to
> divide my time at work between running my *cough* Windows network, and
> my (unfortunately) 2 Linux servers. Also, I have shut the machines
> down for the night, and am giving up on this for tonight. I'll look
> some more in the morning.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help or hints provided. Please post to the
> group. Thanks!
>
> James W. Lytle
> IS Director

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

More additional info:
Located a computer with everything but the 3Ware card, and the
kernel also paniced on it, although it was a different panic message.
It specified that it could not write to the RAM disk, which leads me to
think it may be something to do with the 915 motherboard or the DDR2
533 memory.

Again, any help or pointers on how to proceed is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!
James

Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

n3tctrl wrote:
> I am trying to install Fedora Core 4 on a brand new system. M/B is
> Intel 915GEVLK, processor is Intel P4 3.0 ghz. Hard drives are SATA,
> however, I am not using the controller on the motherboard. I am using
> a 3ware 8506 RAID 0/1/5/10/JBOD card with 2 WD 80 GB SATA drives setup
> for RAID 1.